CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
tvc.dsj.org | October 24, 2017
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Holy Family School Love & Hope for All
Love and hope is what our Holy
Family School students have displayed
during their fi rst full month of school.
We are so proud of our students
for taking the month of September to
remind us of the importance of help-
ing others. In such a short period of
time our students raised money for the
Hurricane Relief eff orts and Pediatric
Cancer.
Once we heard of the disasters oc-
curring on the other side of the country,
our students decided to take action.
Our eff orts to raise money began at
our Back to School BBQ and carried
through each of our classrooms. Our
fi rst graders collected over $100 and
together as a school we collected over
$500 for the Hurricane Relief eff orts.
Thinking of others did not stop
there, Holy Family School spent one
week focusing on National Childhood
Cancer Awareness Month. Gold is the
color that represents Childhood Cancer
Awareness. Holy Family Student Coun-
cil, led by Shelly Caron, organized a
“Go For The Gold” fundraiser to raise
awareness and money for Childhood
Cancer Research. Students purchased
free dress for $5 and wore “Gold” in
honor of Childhood Cancer Aware-
ness. The entire student body and staff
were given yellow ribbons made by the
student council to wear.
Together the school raised over $700,
which will be donated to Los Angeles
Children’s Hospital. Knowing that the
funds raised will be going to a hospital
to help fi nd treatments and cures is
something that our students are proud
to be a part of.
Sometimes with the hustle and
bustle of everyday life, we forget
how blessed we are in our own lives.
Our Holy Family School students are
humbled with the awareness of people
aff ected by the hurricane and children
who are aff ected by cancer. We con-
tinue this academic year with more love
and hope for everyone that is in need.
Blessing of Fall Athletes
An athlete cups his hands to receive a blessing
from Father Tony Mancuso.
With the anthem of perseverance,
“Chariots of Fire,” playing on the
school PA system, Saint Francis High
School student-athletes and coaches as-
sembled in the quad to receive a bless-
ing as their fall season gets underway.
They were anointed with holy oil,
refl ecting an old tradition dating to
the ancient Olympics. Athletes would
rub themselves with oil, which did not
An Apple a Day: Saint Martin of Tours Refreshes Tech
As the old saying goes, “fi nd a need,
fi ll a need.” At Saint Martin of Tours
School, the need for a singular tech-
nology platform arose over the past
several years. After working closely
with the administration, staff , and the
parent technology advisory commit-
tee, the decision to commit to an all
Apple device platform was made. This
allowed for a multitude of technologi-
cal improvements to take place across
the campus.
The most noticeable change has
been the introduction of a 1:1 iPad pro-
gram in sixth through eighth grades.
This program allows students to col-
laborate on work, hone their skills for
high school and beyond, and create
innovative projects which demon-
strate their learning. iPads can also be
found in the TK through fi fth grade
classrooms, providing students access
to adaptive learning applications and
creative production apps.
In order to fully integrate the tech-
nology into the classroom, AppleTVs
were added in all rooms to allow for
wireless streaming of content from
the devices to SMART boards and
projectors.
The shift to all Apple devices
brought with it greater management
ability in the classroom through the
Students create movie projects, using iMovie
and GarageBand, about helping verbs.
use of the Apple Classroom app. Teach-
ers now have unprecedented ability
to guide students to specifi c sites and
applications, ensuring that the iPads
are truly learning tools. All teachers
received in servicing on proper usage
of the iPads and on lesson development
to assure that tech is being used to en-
hance lessons in the best possible way.
Saint Martin of Tours School is
striving to strike the perfect balance
between screen time and face time with
students. With plenty of small group
work, hands-on activities, and off -site
fi eld trips at the core of the curriculum,
Saint Martin of Tours School embraces
the belief that tech usage every day
doesn’t have to mean tech usage all day.
come off easily, to symbolize the armor
warriors put on for battle.
School chaplain, Father Tony Man-
cuso, told those in attendance their
abilities are gifts from God and when
they use their talents to the fullest, they
are giving glory and honor to God.
Father Steve Kim reminded stu-
dents that when their competitions –
or plans, projects, relationships – don’t
go as they hope, they can use their
failures as learning opportunities and
starting points to launch something
good.
“We can glorify God in the work
that we do,” said Father Steve, direc-
tor of Campus Ministry. “Jesus was
crucifi ed – that’s the ultimate failure,
but the crucifi xion is the cornerstone
for the resurrection.”
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